Iggy

Good afternoon!

It hasn’t been 4 years since I was last here, so I consider that progress, even if it’s only day 2! 😜

I have ACV in the making, vanilla extract, salt preserved lemons and fermented honey garlic. I love all the jars!

Today I added ‘Iggy’. Iggy should turn into a beautiful sourdough starter! However, do not be surprised if you see a RIP Iggy blog in the future…

I have started several sourdough starters, what can I say, may they RIP, their lives were brief….

The starters begin well. Bubbling, growing and then, POOF, they die! I truly have no idea what I ultimately end up doing wrong, so I won’t pretend that I do haha! But I am persistent and will eventually get it right!

So, meet Iggy, before it’s too late….

We had another hard frost last night. The leaves and grass crunched under my feet as I went out to rid the animals waterers of ice this morning. Brrrr!

However, afternoon has arrived and the skies are clear and blue, the sun shining and the temperature is quite pleasant. I feel as though I should be out taking advantage of it and splitting wood or something, but here I am….

The deer are on the move today. I went out earlier to see a very nice buck round the hill and cut across the holler with high hopes of catching up to the doe he was trailing. I hope he’s still around in his compromised, hormone driven state and that he becomes dinner! 😋

Time change this weekend, blahhhh! 😩 I truly wish to rebel against the notion! Who wants it get dark at 5:30??? Not this girl! I find it all depressing, really.

Anyways, I wanted to introduce Iggy, knowing I likely only have a brief chance to do so. 😜 I really feel I should get up, get out, something, so I’m off!

…that’s your chicken poo daily for now… 🐔 💩

It’s Been A Long Time! 2019…. Soon To Be 2024! Slacker!!!

I got out an old tablet and stumbled onto my WordPress app and this blog! 2019, wow!

To say I’m a slacker would be a monumental understatement. However, in my defense, I did try to get the WordPress app on a laptop I once had (that’s a whole other story as to the past tense part! 🤦🏼‍♀️) and a previous phone with no success!

After stumbling upon my long, lost, left behind blog last night and much trial and error in passwords and emails, I managed to become victorious in setting this up on my current phone! Go me!

So helloooooooo! Perhaps I can get back on track, with some regularity, that at least prompts a post more frequently than every 4 years! 🤷

A lot has changed!!!!

We’ll catch up soon!

For now, that’s your chicken poo daily 🐔 💩

It’s One of those days where you realize your underwear are on inside out

You know, you wake up in a rush to unexpected events! You quickly clean up and dress yourself and realize at a later time, YOUR UNDERWEAR ARE ON INSIDE OUT! 😂 Yes, this is me today!

It is headed for noon and I’d like to say that things have calmed into a relaxing Sunday but instead, I literally just got the text, “mowing hay Tuesday”! Which means we are now moving stuff that requires the big John Deere 🚜 here at the house before taking it down to the hay fields later today. The trip one way is about 45 minutes!!! We have the pleasure of mowing hay with 1 of my nephews on the farm that was once my Great Aunt & Uncle’s large, beautiful dairy farm, long ago. I spent a lot of time there as a child and love the opportunity going back though it is no longer in the family. Wonderful memories! ❤

We also ran today to pick up the beautiful painting I won in a raffle yesterday at the Almost Heaven BBQ Bash at Stonewall! I was so thrilled to get the call that I’d won! It is absolutely beautiful work and couldn’t be more perfect! I love it! I am so grateful! 🐮

I am also filling up a big inflatable pool as I am typing this ! It will be nice after a long hot day! Well, once the water heats up that is! Well water is super cold, so we’ll wait to enjoy it once the sun works its magic! 🌞 (we tried a large 22 foot above ground pool last year! It didn’t stay the entire season lol! This is just perfect and quite manageable!)

We got the John Deere to its destination! An hour and 10 minutes! Top speed of 15 MPH, average of 13 MPH! He drove the tractor and I hung back in our vehicle with the flashers going. People are so impatient! That’s all I’ll say about that subject!

Grabbed some Taco Bell on the way home and relaxing for a bit now! I think as of today, we have decided that Sunday will be used as it is intended! A day of rest! Unless some emergency comes up! A big home cooked meal, instead of on the fly fast food and a day to visit family. ❤ Which we do a lot of both, but to have Sunday set aside will be something to look forward to.

Babe got some of the garden tilled. I watered plants and blogged a bit here and there. I kept a few heirloom tomato plants for my raised garden by the house and they are doing fantastic! I love my little bed! Going to expand it! 🌻🌱

…..and that’s your chicken poo daily! 🐔💩